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Collins Primary Illustrated Dictionary

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2019
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2 If you count, or count up, all the things in a group, you add them up to see how many there are.

3 If you can count on someone or something, you can rely on them. • You can count on me to help.

PHRASE 4 If you keep count of something, you keep a record of how often it happens. • Who’s keeping count of the score?

5 If you lose count of something, you cannot remember how often it has happened.

counter counters

NOUN 1 a long, flat surface in a shop, over which goods are sold

2 a small, flat, round object used in board games

counterfeit counterfeits, counterfeiting, counterfeited

Said “kown-ter-fit” ADJECTIVE 1 Counterfeit things are not genuine, but have been made to look genuine in order to deceive people. • counterfeit money

VERB 2 If someone counterfeits something, they make an exact copy of it in order to trick people.

countless

ADJECTIVE too many to count

country countries

NOUN 1 one of the political areas the world is divided into

2 land away from towns and cities • It is peaceful living in the country.

countryside

NOUN land away from towns and cities

county counties

NOUN a region with its own local government • The county of Lincolnshire is in the east of England.

couple couples

NOUN 1 two people who are married or having a romantic relationship

2 A couple of things or people means two of them, or not very many.

couplet couplets

NOUN two lines of poetry together that usually rhyme

coupon coupons

NOUN 1 a piece of printed paper that entitles you to pay less than usual for something

2 a form you fill in to ask for information or to enter a competition

courage

NOUN the quality shown by people who do things that they know are dangerous or difficult • She showed great courage in her efforts to save them from the burning house.

courageous ADJECTIVE

courageously ADVERB

courgette courgettes

NOUN a vegetable that looks like a small green marrow

courier couriers

NOUN 1 someone employed by a travel company to look after people on holiday

2 someone employed to deliver letters and parcels quickly

course courses

NOUN 1 a series of lessons or lectures

2 a piece of land where races take place or golf is played

3 the route something such as a ship or a river takes • The captain changed course to avoid the storm.

4 one of the parts of a meal • The first course was soup.

PHRASE 5 If you say of course, you are showing that you are absolutely sure about something. • Of course she wouldn’t do a thing like that.

court courts

NOUN 1 a place where legal matters are decided by a judge and jury or a magistrate. The judge and jury or magistrate can also be referred to as the court. • He is due to appear in court next week. • The court awarded him ten thousand pounds in compensation.

2 a place where a game such as tennis or badminton is played

3 the place where a king or queen lives and works

courteous

ADJECTIVE Courteous behaviour is polite and considerate.

courteously ADVERB

courtyard courtyards
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